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Staff Software Engineer, Compiler

Code Metal · Boston Hub · Remote

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About Code Metal

Code Metal: Verifiable, AI-enabled code translation. For companies doing edge development, code portability, and code modernization across industries like automotive, defense, semiconductors, and aerospace. Speed time-to-market, meet safety and compliance... Backed by Accel.

About the role

We're building a new generation of translation tools that turn Python algorithm code into correct, deployable C++ for embedded systems. They combine classic compiler techniques with generative AI and modern verification. Analysis and lowering carry most of the work. AI covers the cases analysis can't, and testing and verification check the result. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • 7+ years of professional software development in C++ and/or Python, shipping to real users
  • Hands-on experience building a compiler, transpiler, interpreter or language runtime: the end-to-end pipeline, not just one pass
  • Deep understanding of parsing, AST and IR design, type systems, IR transformations and code generation
  • Experience with compiler infrastructure such as Clang/LLVM, MLIR, GCC or equivalent
  • Strong modern C++: templates, value semantics, undefined behaviour, and how source code maps to the machine
  • Solid delivery fundamentals: code review, testing, CI/CD and build systems
More about this role

Code Metal is the leader in automated software engineering you can trust. As AI writes more of the world's code, the bottleneck in software has shifted from writing code to verifying it works, and AI cannot verify its own work with certainty. Code Metal takes a fundamentally different approach: constrain AI to what it does reliably, verify every step independently of the model using formal methods, and keep engineers in the loop on the decisions that matter. The result isn't code that probably works — it's code that is provably correct, with auditable proof. Customers including the U.S. Air Force, L3Harris, RTX, and Toshiba use Code Metal to modernize legacy code, optimize performance on real hardware, and move prototypes to production, fast. Founded in 2023 with offices in Boston and San Francisco, Code Metal is funded by Accel, Salesforce Ventures, B Capital, Smith Point Capital, J2 Ventures, Shield Capital, Overmatch, RTX, and others.

Learn more at codemetal.ai .

We're building a new generation of translation tools that turn Python algorithm code into correct, deployable C++ for embedded systems. They combine classic compiler techniques with generative AI and modern...

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